Read the passage carefully and answer the following questions.
Lost and Found
The two-boy worked slowly across the valley. Then suddenly Fred stopped and sat down on a large
stone. “its no use, he said. ”I can’t go any further. I am absolutely exhausted !” George looked at him
for a minute. Oh” come on!” he said. Its not very far now. Only five six miles at the most.” Yes, but its
uphill most of the way,” Fred said. He pointed to the path in front of them. It went straight up the side
of valley. Georg sit down too. For a while, the two boys said nothing. Then Fred pointed to some trees
about half a mile ahead. There’s a hut among those trees ,” he said. “perhaps we can spend the night
there.” I will go and take a look,” George said. He ran down the path towards the hut and vanished
among he trees. Fred fallowed more slowly “what’s it like inside? “he asked, when he reached the
hut.” Not bad,” George called back.” Its feels a little a damp, but there’s some wood in the corner, so
we can light a fire.” The two boys cleaned out the hut and lit a fire then they had super. They were
both tried and they not take much before they went to bed, they put plenty of wood on the fire.
George fell asleep almost at ones , but Fred lay awake for a long time, watching the flames. Then he
too feel asleep. Suddenly, he was awake again. The fire was nearly out. He could hear noises outside. It
sounded like voices. He woke George up. “its only the wind,” he grumbled.” Go to sleep again !”
however, it was not the wind! The voices came nearer until they were just outside the hut . the door
opened and a light shown on their face. ‘They’re here! “a voice called out. A policeman was standing in
the doorway. He addressed the two boys. “You ‘ve given us a lot of trouble ,” he said. “we’ ve looked
all over the valley for you two!”
Answer the question in 20-30 words: 1x6=6 marks
1. Why Fred stooped down suddenly?
2. At what distance the hut was situated from the place where they stooped down?
3. Who asked “what’s it like inside?”
4. Who were outside the hut and why?
5. Where they found the wood to lit a fire?
6. Who could heard the sound first?
Choose the right answer 1x6=6 Marks
1. Fred wanted to stop, but George wanted to:
a. Go back b. Go on c. Talk
2. The path in front of them was
a. Long b. Easy c. Difficult
3. The boys lift a fire because
a. They couldn’t see b. The hut was damp c. They wanted to cook
4. After supper, the boys
a. Went to bed b. Sat and talk c. Cleaned out the hut
5. Fred woke up because
d. He heard a noise e. He was afraid f. He was cold
6. The policeman who came to the hut
a. Want to sleep their
boys
b. Was looking for the
boys
c. Wanted to catch the
Answers
A.
1. Why Fred stooped down suddenly?
ans:
Fred stopped down suddenly because he was very exhausted.
2. At what distance the hut was situated from the place where they stopped down?
ans:
The hut was about half a mile ahead from where they stopped.
3. Who asked “what’s it like inside?”
ans:
Fred asked George " what's it like inside?".
4. Who were outside the hut and why?
ans.
There was a policeman outside the hut and he was in search of Fred and George.
5. Where they found the wood to lit a fire?
ans:
They found some wood in the corner of the hut to lit a fire.
6. Who could heard the sound first?
ans:
Fred could hear sound first.
B.
1. Fred wanted to stop, but George wanted to:
ans - b) Go on
2. The path in front of them was
ans - a) Long
3. The boys lift a fire because
ans - b) The hut was damp
4. After supper, the boys
ans - a) Went to bed
5. Fred woke up because
ans - d) He heard a voice
6. The policeman who came to the hut
ans - b) Was looking for the boys
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